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PAGE 1 PAGE 11 萨二中2014-2015学年度第二学期高一年级分班考试 英 语 试 题 第I卷 第一部分：阅读理解（共两节， 满分40分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 A All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy and happy, and to live longer. Many people like to watch others play games. They buy tickets or turn on their TVs to watch the games. Often they get very excited when their player or team wins. Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere go in for(参加) them. Football, for example, has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers. What fun it is to jump into a pool or lake, whether in China, Egypt or Italy! And think of people in cold countries. Think how many love to skate or ski in Japan, Norway or Canada. Some sports or games go back thousands of years, like running or jumping. Chinese wushu, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. Neither one is a hundred years old yet. People are inventing new sports or games all the time. Water-skiing is one of the newest in the family of sports. People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game together they often become good friends. Sports help to train a person’s character. One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace(胜不骄，败不馁). 1．Why do some people get excited when they watch a game? A. Because they win the game. B. Because they get the good news. C. Because their favourite team wins. D. Because they can’t help themselves. 2．Which of the sports has a long history? A. Water-skiing. B. Basketball. C. Volleyball. D. Long jump. 3．Why do people from different countries often become friends after a game together? A. Because they train their character in the game. B. Because they are friendly to each other. C. Because they understand each other. D. Because they help each other. B My friend, Emma Daniels, s